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A review by jespersrevolvers
The Spy Who Raised Me by Ted Anderson
2.0
*Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review*
to start, for a middle grade book, the story and plot were a good idea—but not entirely original. it was an interesting take on the “secret spy” trope, but it wasn’t necessarily something i hadn’t seen before.
what i did like though, was the colour scheme—at the beginning it started off simplistic, but as the story carried on, the shadows were deepened and the palette was darker.
i was also a fan of the fact that the protagonist—Josie—never left her best friend behind. in a lot of books where a “normal” person finds out they aren’t/they’re family members aren’t who they thought they were, the protagonist’s friends usually just get dropped and ignored, which is something that really annoyed me.
overall, a bit disappointed, but the story was okay.
to start, for a middle grade book, the story and plot were a good idea—but not entirely original. it was an interesting take on the “secret spy” trope, but it wasn’t necessarily something i hadn’t seen before.
what i did like though, was the colour scheme—at the beginning it started off simplistic, but as the story carried on, the shadows were deepened and the palette was darker.
i was also a fan of the fact that the protagonist—Josie—never left her best friend behind. in a lot of books where a “normal” person finds out they aren’t/they’re family members aren’t who they thought they were, the protagonist’s friends usually just get dropped and ignored, which is something that really annoyed me.
overall, a bit disappointed, but the story was okay.